Prof. Chuks Eboka is the Nationwide President of Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF). On this interview with MICHAEL EGBEJULE, he spoke on state of the country and why voters will have to call for excellent governance from leaders.
What’s the imaginative and prescient and project of the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF)?
The Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) is a trans-denominational faith-based organisation with chapters in lots of states of the Federation. We’re a bunch of intellectually supplied Christians with the capability to definitely affect our society and the arena at massive. Our non secular and ability building is a made from our in-depth Bible research and discussions with the emphasis in their applicability to sensible residing. 
Vocational coaching of contributors and common intercession for the Church and the Nigerian country additionally shape a part of our common actions. We stock our missionary mandate thru huge newsletter and printing of Christian tracts.
How would you react to the hot bloodbath of non violent worshippers in Owo Ondo State?
The new killing on the Owo Catholic Church in Ondo State has turn out to be worrisome to many. How did we discover ourselves on this alarming lack of confidence? Initially, the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship, like many different Nigerians, have been once more stunned and traumatised through the inside track of the wanton killings within the Church. Lifeless our bodies of women and men, girls and boys have been performed of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State like butchered cows from the slaughter Space. For the way lengthy will have to we are living with this carnage?
This has took place time and again, with lives of Nigerians being on the mercy of Boko Haram, killer herdsmen and the so-called bandits. We’re grieved that there’s not secure position in our nation these days. Nigerians can not move to church to worship and really feel secure; they can not shuttle through highway and through educate in protection. Blameless lives are being wasted on a daily basis. We name on President Buhari to urgently arrest this headlong descent into anarchy. We refuse to consider that our Army is not able to successfully rein in those that are terrorising our other folks; sufficient is sufficient.
Many have referred to as for a constitutional assessment as some way of arresting the location within the nation. Do you subscribe to that too?
In the previous couple of years, notable Nigerians, outstanding students, company chieftains, Afenifere, Ohaneze, the Pan-Niger Delta Discussion board (PANDEF), the Heart Belt Discussion board, the Northern Elders Discussion board, Nigerian Christian Elders Discussion board, a number of different regional teams, the media, faith-based organisations, in addition to the global group have expressed nice worry over the fragility and precariousness of the situation in our country. The dominant view for plenty of of those teams is the pressing want for constitutional assessment to allow the country enjoy a rebirth thru some type of restructuring or a referendum.
Different resonant calls are for useful resource regulate, fiscal federalism, in addition to self-determination. Many of those calls for have been made thru interviews, newspaper articles, letters, social media and protest slogans. A cautious learn about of those agitations and calls for for the overhaul of the country clearly presentations that majority of our voters need actual trade to advance the country on all fronts. From lack of confidence to in actuality securing lives and assets within the nation, from starvation/poverty to meals safety/wealth advent, from a deficient and educationally vulnerable to educationally robust nation… with a purpose to reach the lofty United Countries (UN) objectives encapsulated within the Sustainable Building Objectives (SDGs).
Amidst those plethora of reviews within the public sphere used to be one expressed in a up to date newsletter titled: The egg is ready to be damaged once more, which went viral. Lots of the sensible answers proffered through people and teams referred to above are in tandem with the placement of a number of different individuals and organisations, together with ours.
How has the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) contributed in proffering answers to those issues bedeviling the rustic?
Following the depressive situation in our country, the NCGF lately convened a countrywide circle of relatives assembly the place it tested present nationwide problems in a realistic, scholarly and solution-driven consultation. The speculation is to offer a transparent solution to Nigeria’s now often-asked query: Which manner Nigeria? The assembly, which additionally introduced a excellent framework against discovering a approach to the prevailing political debacle within the nation got here up with the next resolutions: As Nigeria heads against 70 years of independence, there’s definitely an pressing want for a go back to true federalism and nationalism as used to be practiced within the First Republic earlier than the January 1966 Army incursion. Given all of the signs, this provide construction isn’t running and, certainly, can not paintings. It’s, due to this fact, expedient to unbundle Nigeria for environment friendly and efficient efficiency as the present construction has failed. 
A safe and equitable surroundings will have to, due to this fact, be supplied urgently at no cost and honest elections to be carried out. At the moment, loose and honest elections to provide credible management isn’t most likely given the prevailing instances within the country.
Forward of the 2023 common elections, are you constructive that we will be able to get issues proper this time?
The Re-Paintings Eminent Personalities Crew – REPT will have to be set as much as style out some way ahead between now and the overall elections. This will have to assist to stem the rising tide of agitations and lack of confidence and supply a context by which loose and honest elections will also be carried out. Best credible people with confirmed integrity of their private and non-private lives, and with democratic credentials will have to be selected to serve at the group.
The Re-Paintings Eminent Personalities Crew – REPT will have to be charged with the sure transformation of Nigeria. The Elite will have to unite and beef up this depended on crew of fellows, ladies and teenagers with a countrywide aspiration schedule to in point of fact make Nigeria paintings. The Crew will have to even be guided through the 2014 Nationwide Convention File, in addition to different reviews (e.g. Justice Uwais Committee) whose suggestions comprise parts that will assist chart a brand new and innovative direction for our nation.
Laying the background at no cost and honest elections contains paying attention to the plea and cry of the South East for justice. The Southwest will have to recall how different nationalities sympathised with them resulting in the emergence of Basic Obasanjo as a balm on their wound after the annulment of the June 12 Election. The South-South will have to needless to say they simply passed over to Buhari.
The warning-cry of a few of our elder statesmen, together with Leader E. Okay. Clark and Leader Ayo Adebanjo, will have to be heeded within the curiosity of justice and peace. There are nonetheless some dependable individuals throughout birthday party traces who will also be noticed to be competent and really succesful applicants and can give excellent management for the rustic at this day and age even from the South East. Thus, that area will have to now not be dominated out of the scheme of items. We reject any try to foist on Nigerians clueless presidential applicants who clearly don’t have anything to supply on this virtual age.
Out of your remark, do you assume the rustic is shifting in the appropriate route this present day?
The time is past due to harness Nigeria’s assets correctly, starting along with her huge human assets of technocrats and teeming formative years inhabitants for excellent governance. The Nigerian elite ought to grasp and agree {that a} group of legal professionals will have to now not move to court docket and argue in favour of homicide and jungle justice, in relation to Deborah Samuel if Nigeria is to make development. Any aspirant for any political place of job, particularly the Presidency, who can not take a public stand at the charter, isn’t have compatibility to steer.
So, what’s the best way out of the industrial woes going through the rustic?
Excitement with out productiveness has ruined our financial system and is ruining our formative years inhabitants. Jumbo salaries are being paid to unproductive political place of job holders who fail to make rules in keeping with excellent governance. They don’t seem to be growing jobs, however quite inflicting industries to close down and making Nigeria a rustic with one of the most best unemployment charges on this planet. Our younger persons are, due to this fact, turning to cybercrime and different illicit tactics of getting cash like kidnapping for ransom. The ongoing closure of our universities is vexatious and counter-productive in our quest for an excellent country.
Different countries who had effectively controlled their identical heterogeneous cultural and non secular configurations and made development in any respect fronts, whilst development their GDP and human indexes will have to be examples to assist our country’s elite/leaders in making strategic selections. We will have to be in a position to be informed from different countries; the wheel does now not want to be re-invented.
In view of the large and unparalleled debt profile of the rustic, the alarming circumstances of fraud and corruption through senior Executive officers, the devaluation of the Naira, in addition to the impunity with which bandits and terrorists perform senseless killings of blameless voters, you will need to word that Nigerians have misplaced religion and agree with within the present ruling magnificence, without reference to the events to which they belong. The poverty within the country, which has earned us the disgraceful identify of ‘the poverty capital of the arena,’ has clearly been of no worry to our political leaders, as demonstrated through the glee with which they paid obscene sums of cash simply to acquire nomination paperwork for Presidential and different optionally available positions, in addition to the additional rain of cash to shop for the votes of Birthday party delegates at primaries. 
Are demanding situations you indexed above, together with lack of confidence, surmountable?
It’s time to rescue our country from this blood-sucking crew of other folks. A state of emergency and tenure elongation beneath the guise of provide instances as an excuse is unacceptable to Nigerians. The Nationwide Meeting will have to invoke the doctrine of necessity to present a felony backing to the Re-Paintings Eminent Personalities Crew – REPT advised previous. It will function a felony framework that won’t handiest put the group in position, but additionally streamline the way it will have to paintings in order that political self-interest is not going to jeopardize Nationwide curiosity.
There will have to now not be any political interference from the presidency or every other crew/teams to persuade the paintings of the Crew, whose contributors will have to be given an excessively modest sitting allowance. If this lack of confidence and social disaster proceed to escalate around the nation, the Nationwide Meeting will have to do the requisite through invoking the related provisions of the charter to salvage the rustic.
Does NCGF see any hope for a greater Nigeria?
NCGF is assured that out of this evident decadence within the country shall emerge a better Nigeria within the mighty title of Jesus Christ… Amen
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